Google had drawn a lot of flak in September for refusing to send a suitably high-ranking executive to a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about efforts to counteract foreign influence in US elections and political discourse.

Given concerns that NBFCs have frozen lending amid fears of a liquidity crunch, the government is determined to break the logjam that's causing a credit squeeze for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which employ millions

Being billed as the largest bond issued from a local authority, Amaravati Bond 2018, is meant to fund the building of the new state capital for Andhra Pradesh. The bond was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday.

Analysts suggest the government's decision to reject fund infusion proposal could have stemmed from the fact that another bailout package might not play in favour of the present government in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019.